Key information
Date: Thursday 07th March 2024
Time: 10:00am
Motion detail
Léonie Cooper AM moved, and Andrew Boff AM seconded the following motion:
“The London Assembly notes that LGBT+ history month took place in February 2024, with the theme of medicine. It celebrates LGBT+ peoples’ contribution to the field of medicine and healthcare whilst shining a light on the LGBT+ community’s experience of inequalities in receiving healthcare.
The Assembly would like to thank campaigners and activists for organising events in London and at the GLA to celebrate the huge contributions made by LGBT+ Londoners to our city. LGBT+ History Month also plays a key role in providing an opportunity to reflect on the discrimination that is still faced by London’s LGBT+ communities.
The Assembly notes the government’s commitment to invest over £20 million in this area, to deliver a national HIV prevention program to raise awareness of HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) testing and prevention strategies. Through Integrated Care System (ICS) allocations, this included £5 million for hospitals across London in 2022-23.
The Assembly also notes that some LGBT+ Londoners are in at-risk groups for HIV transmission and that London has made significant progress towards achieving the Mayor and government’s target to eliminate new HIV transmissions in London by 2030. In 2022, London became the first city in England to establish opt-out HIV testing in all emergency departments, which has led to hundreds of people living with HIV being identified and supported with treatment for the first time.
The Assembly calls on the Mayor to:
- Consider how TfL's advertising estate can support campaigns that raise awareness of HIV and testing in the run up to 2030, the target date for eliminating new HIV transmissions.
- Continue to work through the London Health Board and with public health agencies to continue London’s progress towards eliminating new HIV transmissions by 2030.
- Update the Assembly on progress with the HIV/AIDS memorial.”
Following debate and upon being put to the vote, the motion was agreed unanimously.